A deputy accused of committing a string of sex crimes while on duty has been convicted, California prosecutors say.

A jury found Michael Clark, 36, guilty of a slew of charges, including two counts of sexual battery , two counts of stalking, three counts of assault under color of authority and one count of false imprisonment, the Kern County District Attorney’s Office said in a June 4 news release.

“A sworn deputy who made a promise to protect the people of Kern County instead abused that trust and used his position of power to exploit multiple victims,” District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer said in the release.

Clark’s conviction stems from encounters with multiple women when he was “acting in an official capacity as a deputy” with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, prosecutors said.

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